I am in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have a demonic beast clone!

Zhou Ding hid behind that huge rock, his gaze piercing through the layers of rock to watch the enormous creature in the cave.

The Blood Jade Spider lay there, its eight long legs curled up beneath it, like a small mountain carved from white jade.

His gaze swept across the cave, calculating his next move.

Although the cave is very large, several tens of feet square, with a high dome and stalactites hanging upside down, it would feel cramped if one were to fight the Blood Jade Spider.

The Blood Jade Spider is enormous, with eight long legs that can stretch for several meters. In this cave, it has limited space to move around nimbly.

Each of its eight long legs is as hard as iron, and when it swings, it can smash rocks into powder. If you are hit by it, you will be seriously injured even if you are not killed.

But for Zhou Ding, it was equally difficult to utilize his abilities.

The Golden Fiend Sword needs space to unleash its full power, but in this cave, the thirty-six flying swords simply cannot be deployed.

Moreover, the battle fluctuations were too great, which would easily attract the attention of the cultivators from Tianque Fortress outside.

Although those cultivators were not very strong, the strongest among them was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

However, if they are alerted and run out to report the news, attracting the Core Formation cultivators of Tianque Fortress, then things will be troublesome.

With a Core Formation cultivator arriving, it's questionable whether he can even escape unscathed, let alone subdue the Blood Jade Spider.

"Looks like we'll have to stick to the old methods."

Zhou Ding pondered for a moment, his gaze falling on a small cave next to the main cave.

The cave was about ten zhang square, with enough space but not too big.

The cave walls are smooth and there are not many obstacles, making it suitable for setting up formations.

What's even better is that it's right next to the cave where the Blood Jade Spider is located, separated only by a thin layer of rock wall, making it easy to lure the Blood Jade Spider there.

He immediately decided to use the same method he used against the Golden-backed Demon Mantis: first trap it with an array to slowly deplete its power, and then subdue it with the Soul-Seizing Eye.

With this in mind, Zhou Ding began to take action.

He silently passed through the thin rock wall and entered the small cave next to it.

His footsteps were so light they were almost silent, each step landing on the hardest part of the rock without causing any vibration.

He took out the array flag from his storage bag and began to set up the Inverted Five Elements Array.

As a flag is inserted, the five-colored rays of light gradually connect, forming a complete cycle.

The five elements interact and counteract each other, resonating with one another, and ultimately transforming into a five-colored light curtain that envelops the entire cave.

The light screen swirled continuously, with gold, cyan, blue, red, and yellow colors flashing alternately, exuding a resilient and profound aura.

The runes moved slowly across the light screen, as if they were alive, each rune containing immense power.

Zhou Ding checked it over and, after confirming that there were no problems with the formation, nodded in satisfaction.

After setting up the formation, Zhou Ding stepped aside and began the next step.

He manipulated Little Gold, making it quietly approach the Blood Jade Spider.

Little Gold burrowed underground, silently passing through the rock layers, and arrived beneath the Blood Jade Spider.

It moves through the rocks as smoothly and freely as a fish in water, without making a sound.

Its aura was completely concealed. Although the Blood Jade Spider had a keen sense of touch, Little Gold, being deep underground, completely avoided its perception range.

Through telepathic connection, Zhou Ding could clearly sense Xiao Jin's location.

It was directly below the Blood Jade Spider, only a few feet above the ground, and you could feel the weight of the Blood Jade Spider pressing down on the rocks above your head.

He waited patiently, waiting for the best opportunity to make his move.

The Blood Jade Spider's breathing became slower and longer.

Its compound eyes were half-closed, and the blood-red markings had faded, indicating that it had clearly entered a deep sleep.

It's now!

With a thought from Zhou Ding, Xiao Jin suddenly burst out from underground!

Its speed was as fast as lightning; in a flash of purple light, it had already rushed to one of the Blood Jade Spider's legs.

The black light on the claws flashed, and it gripped the Blood Jade Spider's leg joints tightly!

"laugh--"

With a muffled thud, the Dark Claw left a shallow mark on the Blood Jade Spider's leg, and white powder fell down in a flurry.

The Blood Jade Spider's carapace is incredibly hard; even top-tier magic weapons struggle to leave a mark on it. Yet, Little Gold's claw still managed to leave a white mark on it.

The Blood Jade Spider, in pain, suddenly awoke!

Its eight long legs suddenly pushed up its body, and its huge body instantly changed from a lying position to a standing position. Its compound eyes lit up instantly, and countless tiny crystals rotated at the same time, capturing everything around it.

The Blood Jade Spider opened its mouthparts, revealing sharp teeth that gleamed with a cold light, and let out a sharp hiss.

The piercing roar echoed through the cave, causing rubble to fall from the cave walls and breaking several small stalactites, which shattered on the ground.

After catching sight of Xiao Jin, it snapped its sharp teeth together, making a "crunching" sound, and pounced on Xiao Jin!

Zhou Ding was prepared. After successfully manipulating Xiao Jin to strike, he immediately burrowed underground.

Its speed was astonishing; in a flash of purple light, it disappeared into the rocks.

The Blood Jade Spider roared and gave chase.

Its speed was astonishing; in a flash of purple light, it disappeared into the rocks.

The Blood Jade Spider roared and gave chase.

Its eight long legs moved swiftly, each step shaking the ground and leaving deep claw marks.

Its massive body rampaged through the cave, smashing many stalactites, sending debris flying and dust billowing everywhere.

Little Gold was desperately fleeing ahead, occasionally popping up from underground to swat a claw at the Blood Jade Spider before immediately disappearing back underground.

It kept provoking the behemoth behind it to make sure it wouldn't lose track of it.

The Blood Jade Spider was completely enraged.

Its compound eyes were filled with a fierce light, and its mouthparts opened and closed incessantly, spitting out streams of white spider silk.

The spider silk stuck to the cave walls, corroding the rocks and creating small pits.

It chased after Xiao Jin, passed through the thin rock wall, and plunged into the cave where Zhou Ding had set up an array!

"boom!"

A five-colored light curtain suddenly rose up, enveloping the Blood Jade Spider within it!

The Blood Jade Spider was terrified. It turned around abruptly, its eight long legs pushing off the ground as it tried to rush out.

But the light curtain had already closed, trapping it inside.

Its body crashed into the light screen with a loud bang, causing the light screen to tremble violently and the runes to flash wildly.

It slammed into the light screen frantically, its eight long legs slamming into it with loud "bang bang bang" sounds, like drumming.

With each strike, the light screen would tremble violently, its five-colored rays flickering erratically.

The entire formation was trembling, as if it would collapse at any moment.

Zhou Ding stood outside the light screen, watching the Blood Jade Spider struggle frantically within the formation, without feeling any panic.

This upgraded version of the Inverted Five Elements Formation can even withstand attacks from late-stage Core Formation cultivators, so it's naturally not something a level four demonic beast can destroy.

Although the Blood Jade Spider is powerful, having reached the peak of level four, it is still only a level four demon beast, and there is still a considerable gap between it and a Core Formation cultivator.

The Blood Jade Spiders launched a frenzied attack within the formation.

It slammed with its eight long legs, each strike carrying the force of ten thousand pounds, making the light screen resound with loud "bangs".

It rammed its massive body against the light screen with a dull thud that shook the ground.

They bite with their mouthparts, their sharp teeth biting the light screen, making a "crunching" sound that makes your teeth ache.

With his compound eyes, he shot out beams of blood-red light. The blood-red light struck the light screen, making a "hissing" sound, but only left shallow marks on it, which disappeared in an instant.

It even started spinning silk, spraying white spider silk from its mouthparts and sticking it to the light screen.

Those spider silks were incredibly tough, even magical artifacts couldn't cut them, but when they stuck to the light screen, they were gradually dissolved by the power of the runes.

The runes, like countless tiny flames, burned the spider silk to ashes, and grayish-white powder fell to the ground.

It tried every means possible, but still could not break through this light barrier.

One day passed.

The Blood Jade Spider's attacks slowed down noticeably.

Its eight long legs are no longer as powerful as they were at first; each time they hit the light screen, they only make it tremble slightly.

Its compound eyes were no longer so bright, becoming somewhat dim, its breathing became rapid, and the blood-red patterns on its body began to flicker erratically.

Two days have passed.

The Blood Jade Spider has stopped attacking the light barrier.

It lay on the ground, panting heavily. The blood-red patterns on its body had faded considerably. Its eight long legs were limply curled up beneath it. Its compound eyes were half-closed, and even its breathing had become weak. Most of its demonic energy had been consumed, and its aura was listless.

Three days have passed.

Zhou Ding stood outside the light screen, his eyes fixed on the Blood Jade Spider.

For the past three days, he has been observing its condition.

The Blood Jade Spider finally stopped.